Last week, I was doing a search on my computer and I came across this journal entry from the third trimester of my first pregnancy. The entry was hidden in a strange location, otherwise I probably would have included it in my upcoming Birthing a New Mother Home Study...

Every transition holds the possibility of healing a layer of fear/anxiety/terror or denying that such feelings exist by distracting oneself with the tangible aspects of the transition, thereby calcifying the fear more deeply. When we leave home for the first time, for...